# How does Salt affect you?

**URL:** <https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/how-does-salt-affect-you/4900>\
**Category:** Symptoms and Treatments\
**Created:** [June 2, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/how-does-salt-affect-you/4900 "2020-06-02T21:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![elle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ccd318/32.png) [@elle](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/elle)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 9:27pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/how-does-salt-affect-you/4900/1 "2020-06-02T21:27:31Z")

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Hi everyone, Ive been having a rough past few days with my hands and I was wondering if anyone has noticed a difference in their condition depending on salt. My hands seem to retain a lot of water and sweat nonstop on some days and I’m going to start seeing if salt intake makes a difference. Hope to hear your experience!!

Best wishes

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**Author:** ![goatballs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/59ef9b/32.png) [@goatballs](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/goatballs)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2020, 2:35am UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/how-does-salt-affect-you/4900/2 "2020-06-03T02:35:40Z")

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[summer\_2009\_EM\_survey.pdf](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/uploads/short-url/qyCgCvm0n4qydTWqdvYtHDKsQWO.pdf) (3.3 MB) Hello Elle , I think eating salt makes you retain more water thus more sweating. Read this study it’s very accurate !

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**Author:** ![Jackie87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ed655f/32.png) [@Jackie87](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/Jackie87)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/how-does-salt-affect-you/4900/3 "2021-03-02T23:42:08Z")

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Salt absolutely triggers my erythromelalgia but u need salt for my dysautonomia and low blood pressure.

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**Author:** ![Hugh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Hugh](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/u/Hugh)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.livingwitherythromelalgia.org/t/how-does-salt-affect-you/4900/4 "2023-02-22T21:10:55Z")

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Rich foods always worsen my EM; and they’re almost always rich because of salt or sugar. I’m not sure about salt, for me, but sugar and carbs - ALL carbs - worsen my EM. Rice, potato, pasta, it doesn’t matter which. Sugar absolutely causes the burning - including fruit.